MILESTONES

First documentary film credit, "Ungarn in Flammen/Revolt in Hungary"; comprised of footage shot by Kovacs and others during the 1956 Hungarian Revolt; broadcast on CBS in 1957

1957:

Immigrated to USA

1963:

Became US citizen

1963:

Was cinematographer on first US film, the short "Lullaby"

1964:

Served as camera assistant under Vilmos Zsigmond on first US feature, "The Nasty Rabbit"

1964:

Was camera operator under Vilmos Zsigmond on "The Time Travelers"

1965:

First US feature film as director of photography, "The Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill"

1968:

First worked with Peter Bogdanovich on "Targets"

1969:

Had career breakthrough with "Easy Rider"; earned union card

1973:

Shot Bogdanovich's "Paper Moon" in black and white

1975:

Shot "Shampoo" directed by Hal Ashby

1976:

Last film with Bogdanovich for almost a decade, "Nickelodeon"

1977:

Recreated the look of 1940s film musicals for Martin Scorsese's "New York, New York"

1979:

Shot "The Rose"

1984:

Worked as cinematographer on "Ghostbusters"

1985:

Shot Bogdanovich's "Mask"

1987:

Did rare work in TV on the syndicated special "Elvis' Graceland"

1993:

Worked on the second unit photography of "Sliver"

1995:

Created the claustrophobic camerawork of "Copycat"

1997:

Photographed "My Best Friend's Wedding"

2000:

Served as director of photography for the film, "Miss Congeniality"

2007:

Shot "Torn From the Flag," a feature documentary about the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; the film incorporates some of the footage that he and cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, a Budapest film school graduate, photographed before fleeing the country and arriving in the United States